"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.

Idioms:

  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )